单词 | decameter |
释义 | > as lemmasdecameter decameter n. Brit. /dᵻˈkamᵻtə/ , U.S. /dəˈkæmədər/ a verse consisting of ten metrical feet.Apparently an isolated use. [Compare post-classical Latin decameter (3rd cent.), Greek δεκάμετρος in scholia (medieval Greek or earlier) on Aristophanes Knights 496.] ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > variety of > verse of ten feet decameter1821 1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 10 387 They might have appeared as decameters, had that structure of verse pleased the eyes of the compositor. < as lemmas |
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